Original scientific paper

The entrepreneurial learning for kindergarten

Jasna Peklić ; Dječji vrtić „Markuševec Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dinka Vujatović ; Dječji vrtić „Markuševec Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship started a project in the kindergartens of Croatia called “Children’s Entrepreneurship Week“ in the year of 2008/09. In the last two years this project has covered seven kindergartens. Project team that participated in realization and evaluation of the undergoing project consists of: Vitomir Tafra, president of the Board of the educational system „Zrinski“, Zdravko Tkalec, principal of the Open University „Petar Zrinski“, Jasna Peklic, principal of the kindergarten „Markuševec“ and Dinka Vujatovic, a pedagogue in the kindergaten „Markuševec“. The goal of the project was raising awareness of society about the need for education for entrepreneurship from an early age of a child, and creating entrepreneurial environment that will enable children to acquire basic entrepreneurial knowledge, skills and attitudes through play and various activities appropriate to children’s age. The need for such projects came from the new National Curriculum Framework for pre-school education and general compulsory and secondary education, in which one of the main goals is to achieve balance between the needs and development goals of Croatian society and individual development needs. One of the eight basic competences for a long-term education provided by the EU are initiative and entrepreneurship, which were accepted by the educational policy of the Republic of Croatia and included in the National Curriculum Framework. This refers to the ability of an individual to turn ideas into actions and includes creativity, innovation, initiative, teamwork, peaceful resolution of conflicts, planning the project in order to realize goals and the abilities and the skills necessary for the activation of social and market services. The emphasis is on the expected educational results and development of the entrepreneurial competence.

Keywords

Kindergarten; Entrepreneurship; sensitization

Hrčak ID:

130105

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/130105

Publication date:

1.6.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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